Hoffman v. Babbitt Bros. Trading Co.’s Empirical Analysis
203 F.2d 636 · 1953
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently March 2002 · most notably Rand v. Rowland (1998), Shiosaki v. Commissioner (1974)
18 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Associated Press v. United States · Associated Press v. United States · Dyer v. MacDougall · Lane Bryant, Inc. v. Maternity Lane, Ltd.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Hoffmans were under no duty of submitting their evidence to the court upon affidavits, and the affidavits were not conclusive as to the facts stated therein.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the affiants would probably be called to the stand for examination and cross-examination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.